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Ten’s The Wrong Girl fails to crack 400,000 viewers for second consecutive week

Avida RV encourages Australians to ‘discover your dreams’

BMF crowned Effective Agency of the Year, winning 10 Effie Awards 2

The Monkeys produces first work for Berlei, launching ‘Womankind’ bra 3

Social Soup expands to Melbourne, appointing Sally Callan as sales director 1

Becoming the kings of decision: How artificial intelligence promises a new marketing world 1

Kinderling Kids Radio acquires Babyology, launches The Parent Brand 1

Consumers scream in churches, surgery and public toilets in first ever TV ads for Catch.com.au 3

The Media Store joins Toyota’s trek to Melbourne in first ever expansion 4

Offspring finale brings in 545,000 metro viewers as Get Krack!n debuts with timeslot-winning 433,000

Mamamia’s US operation Spring St stops publishing new content 2

The Australian, The Betoota Advocate, HuffPo Australia, IAG, ABC and The Shovel join line-up for Mumbrella’s Publish conference

Publish Awards finalists revealed: Pacific Magazines, Medium Rare, Momentum Media lead the pack 1

UTS launches news site for local coverage

Seventh Street Media’s The Brag launches native content edition for Sounds of the Suburbs

Four creative agencies compete for the best Movember YouTube ad

Flight Centre launches 13 part TV series 2

RACQ searches for Queensland’s cutest pet 1

ABC’s Chris Uhlmann to replace Nine’s Laurie Oakes 1

Jayco celebrates the RV lifestyle in ‘memories are made of this’ campaign 2

The Daily Telegraph launches a ‘faster, clean, and easier-to-navigate’ website 8

Clemenger BDDO Melbourne hires Alexandra Johnson as NAB GM

Mindshare wins local internal WPP battle for Sanofi account after global win

MEC and OMD top agencies in 2017 Best Places to Work rankings 2

Australians will embrace AI if it makes consumer life easier, but still fear the ‘robots’

Nine’s The Block has an easy Tuesday night win

Bauer Media launches new website for advertising partners

First no to same sex marriage TV ad says ‘Parents have lost their right to choose’ 54

News Corp uses Donald Trump images to promote new headphones and subscription deal 1

Lexus LC ad outlawed for promoting ‘illegal’ and ‘dangerous’ activity 12

Salmat moves back to profit despite declining revenues

This Time Next Year pulls its lowest audience yet with 764,000 1

Perth radio ratings: Nova loses recent gains as Mix returns to the top 1

Adelaide radio ratings: MIX102.3 maintains Adelaide FM lead despite strong gains from rivals

Melbourne radio ratings: Smooth FM becomes most popular FM radio station as Fox FM slides to third 9

Brisbane radio ratings: ARN’s 97.3FM loses the breakfast show crown to ABC Brisbane 1

Sydney radio ratings: ARN’s WSFM takes FM ratings crown from SmoothFM 2

Sick and injured cats given voice by Paul Capsis in Cat Protection Society campaign

Air New Zealand introduces Kiwi bird Pete

Liberals and Nationals for Yes target political conservatives in ‘I’m voting yes’ same-sex marriage campaign 1

The Australian tightens its Google access to drive digital subscriptions 1

The Betoota Advocate and Virgin Mobile defend millennials and avocados with #AvoFairGo mockumentary 2

Screen Australia partners with The Guardian in online documentary initiative

ID Collective wins Cadbury PR account

Ad watchdog bans ‘highly sexual’ and pornographic Honey Birdette ad 3

Richard Brett promoted to deputy CEO Ogilvy PR

Tom Cruise’s American Made tops weekend box office

Brisbane Times unveils new website, locks in partnerships with Commonwealth Games and Brisbane Festival 8

Australia’s top LinkedIn marketing profiles for 2017 4

‘OK to Say No’ campaign attempts to pressure agencies to withdraw marriage equality support 72

Podcast network Earbuds launches in Melbourne

TransferWise targets ‘fake rate’ currency transfers offered by banks 2

PwC takes minority stake in creative agency Thinkerbell 10

Seven’s decision to delay Little Big Shots pays off, with 1.67m metro viewers tuning in 2

QMS Media revenue climbs more than 50% 3

CBS Corporation to buy Network Ten 23

Momentum Energy offers ‘big fat zero’ 3

Isobar creates bad tempered chatbot to promote American Assassin movie 2

Content doesn’t need to be free argues Digiday editor-in-chief Brian Morrissey

Acast appoints Henrik Isaksson as Australian country manager

Westpac invents ‘the missing wallet dance’ to promote cardless cash 6

Nine wins ratings for seventh week in a row

Hawthorn-Bulldogs AFL clash sees Seven dominate ratings in Melbourne

Foxtel and Facebook prepare to shut down rogue Mayweather-McGregor fight streams 4

FFA locks in first commercial radio deal

SCA may charge advertisers more to be in podcasts than on radio says Blackley 1

Mad Mex appoints Men At Work to PR account

The Bachelor tops key demographics and pulls 736,000 Thursday metro viewers

How the Rubicon Project plans to become the supermarket of programmatic advertising

WPP grows local revenues 3

Olympics and cost cutting help Prime Media Group to profits growth

Agency turns postal plebiscite into retro computer game to vote ‘yes’

Paul McMillan to be CEO of The Monkeys’ new Melbourne office 4

Nine boss Hugh Marks signals new approach to sports rights 1

Automative marketers should embrace their data and stop wasting money, urges expert

Data the differentiator in mature automotive market says Google 1

‘We are complicating the shit out of it’, Spotify MD on engaging customers

Enero profits drop 26% in ‘difficult trading year’ 11

Cull your agencies and stop appealing to ‘every fucker with a thumb’, Spinach founder advises 2

Dentsu Aegis appoints acquisition specialist Victoria Gehrig 1

Modern Teaching Aids targets parents and teachers who want to go the extra mile

‘Significantly inaccurate and misleading’: Canberra Times article about Centrelink debt ‘debacle’ breached Press Council codes 1

Isuzu’s shifts search for growth outside traditional customer base

Stop worrying about likes, comments and shares, says Facebook ANZ’s head of automotive 11

Holden unveils plan for marketing in age of the shared driverless electric car

R U Ok? campaign reminds peers to talk in any setting

Heinz seeks new creative agency

Nine net profits rise but dragged down by TV licence writedowns